David Guss has recently added many pictures and posters of the Teele Square Theatre to his “Lost Theatres of Somerville” website. A few of the photos show the theatre’s demolition in progress. Go to http://www.losttheatres.org/theaters.htm and click on “Teele Square”.

Hi… I can remember as a kid growing up in Teele Sq. in the early 60’s till about 1990 that the theater used to be on the corner of Clarendon Ave and Holland St. Can anyone please verify that. I can almost see the faded advertisement on the building. Thanks in advance

The MGM Theatre Photograph and Report form for the Teele Square Theatre has a facade photo taken in 1941. Movies on the marquee are Abbott and Costello in “Buck Privates” and “Who Killed Aunt Maggie”. There are small stores on either side of the theatre entrance. The auditoirum in back appears to be only one story-plus high. The Report states that the Teele Sq. has been showing MGM product for over 15 years; that it’s in Good condition; and that it has 980 seats. After it closed, it was occupied by the Charles Stewart Company, a theatrical supply house. The owner was Earle Stanley “Charlie” Stewart who was son or grandson of the original owner. “Charlie” was a talented scenic painter, and the shallow stage of the theatre had had a paint frame affixed. In the auditorium were many racks holding hundreds of rolled-up scenic backdrops. Charlie’s office was in the right-front auditorium exit space. The place also had rental equipment, such as fog machines. Charlie, who was an elderly man in the 1980s, was a real “Character” and was the subject of a feature article in the Phoenix weekly newspaper in the mid-1980s. He loved to talk about Boston-area theaters and had a large collection which, I understand, was willed to one of the libraries at Tufts University. The auditorium of the Teele Square Theatre had only one floor, no balcony.